摘要：The present article analyze the logic of the identity ins/constitution and perception of affirmative action of 19 university students self-declared indigenous on Federal University of Pará. This "other" ethnic belonging set in a varied statement of be indigenous conditioned in issues genealogic, symbolic and territorial, that brings consequences in the reference indigenous population in Brazil and the politico-anthropological recognition of identity. The transition of the axis of identity to the indigenous rights, mediated by affirmative action, has shown effects on account of be indigenous that came into the relation of alterity to the "other" covered by quotas, such complex which makes the connection between identity construction and affirmative action a conditional need on social and political aspects.
